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7/23/2010
10:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
From gluten-free eating to the history of curling, you can find a blog for virtually every topic. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guests explore the growing world of blogging.
Guests:
- Shannon Henry Kleiber, co-creator, cooking site, Cooking with Friends Club. Contributing writer and advisor, Edible Madison magazine.
- Ann Imig, writes the blog “Ann’s Rants”.
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7/23/2010
10:00 PM
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Veronica Rueckert
From gluten-free eating to the history of curling, you can find a blog for virtually every topic. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guests explore the growing world of blogging.
Guests:
- Shannon Henry, co-creator, cooking site, Cooking with Friends. Contributing writer and advisor, Edible Madison magazine.
- Ann Imig, writes the blog “Ann’s Rants”.
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7/16/2010
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guests take a look at what's known by a growing number of students as the "Gap Year," a time-off period between high school and college to gain some life experience.
Guests:
- Holly Bull, President, The Center For Interim Programs.
- Jason Fertig, Assistant Professor of Management, University of Southern Indiana, College of Business.
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7/16/2010
10:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
He may have understood American life better than any writer of his time. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss the life and work of the late writer David Foster Wallace.
Guests:
-David Lipsky, Contributing editor, Rolling Stone magazine, which sent him on the road-trip with Wallace. Author, "Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace".
- Amy Wallace-Havens, the younger sister of the late writer.
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7/16/2010
10:00 PM
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Veronica Rueckert
He may have understood American life better than any writer of his time. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest discuss the life and work of the late writer David Foster Wallace.
Guests:
-David Lipsky, Contributing editor, Rolling Stone magazine, which sent him on the road-trip with Wallace. Author, "Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace".
- Amy Wallace-Havens, the younger sister of the late writer.
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7/9/2010
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
While we may consider ourselves good judges of character and events, research suggests we're not as good as we think. After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guests discuss the trouble with intuition.
Guests:
- Christopher Chabris, assistant professor of psychology, Union College. Adjunct assistant professor of neurology, Albany Medical College. Visiting scholar, MIT Center for Collective Intelligence.
- Daniel Simons, professor, Department of Psychology, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois.
- Co-authors, "The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us."
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7/9/2010
10:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
Who are you... and where do you come from? After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest take a look at the ins-and-outs of discovering your family tree.
Guest: Buzzy Jackson, Research Affiliate, Center of the American West, University of Colorado-Boulder. Author, "Shaking the Family Tree: Blue Bloods, Black Sheep, and Other Obsessions of an Accidental Genealogist".
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7/9/2010
10:00 PM
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Veronica Rueckert
Who are you... and where do you come from? After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest take a look at the ins-and-outs of discovering your family tree.
Guest: Buzzy Jackson, Research Affiliate, Center of the American West, University of Colorado-Boulder. Author, "Shaking the Family Tree: Blue Bloods, Black Sheep, and Other Obsessions of an Accidental Genealogist".
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7/2/2010
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest take a quick look at... the End of Everything... the fascinating science behind the eventual end of all existence..... and a hint... it gets personal.
Guest: Chris Impey, Distinguished Professor and Deputy Head, Astronomy Department, University of Arizona.
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7/2/2010
10:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Veronica Rueckert talks with musician Dar Williams, plus, a local folk singer who's a part of the 35th National Women’s Music Festival.
Guests:
10:00 - Tret Fure, Singer/Songwriter. “True Compass,” “My Shoes,’ and “Anytime Anywhere.”
10:30 - Dar Williams, Singer/Songwriter. “Mortal City,” “My Better Self,” “Green World,” “Promised Land.” She will perform at Summerfest in Milwaukee July 3.
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7/2/2010
10:00 PM
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Veronica Rueckert
After ten, Veronica Rueckert talks with musician Dar Williams, plus, a local folk singer who's a part of the 35th National Women’s Music Festival.
Guests:
10:00 – Tret Fure, Singer/Songwriter. “True Compass,” “My Shoes,’ and “Anytime Anywhere.”
10:30 - Dar Williams, Singer/Songwriter. “Mortal City,” “My Better Self,” “Green World,” “Promised Land.” She will perform at Summerfest in Milwaukee July 3.
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6/25/2010
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guests examine teen alcohol abuse and current research on the long-term health effects.
Guests:
- Dr. Krista Lisdahl Medina, Director, University of Cincinnati Brain Imaging and Neuropsychology laboratory. Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Cincinnati.
- Kenneth J. Sher, Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Psychology, University of Missouri-Columbia.
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6/25/2010
10:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
Veronica Rueckert’s guest, after ten, left the noise of New York City to begin a global quest to find those who still value silence.
Guest: George Prochnik, author, “In Pursuit of Silence: Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise.”
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6/25/2010
10:00 PM
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Veronica Rueckert
Veronica Rueckert’s guest, after ten, left the noise of New York City to begin a global quest to find those who still value silence.
Guest: George Prochnik, author, “In Pursuit of Silence: Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise.”
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6/18/2010
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
Many people suffer from loneliness... but few wish to admit it. After nine, Veronica Rueckert’s guest says Loneliness deserves to be treated as a legitimate clinical condition.
Guest: Emily White, Policy Advisor. Former attorney. Author, "Lonely: A Memoir".
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6/18/2010
10:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
Little Bighorn... Sitting Bull... and George Armstrong Custer are names mythologized in the American imagination. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore the truth behind the legend of Custer’s Last Stand.
Guest: Nathaniel Philbrick, Writer and Historian. Author, "The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of Little Bighorn".
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6/18/2010
10:00 PM
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Veronica Rueckert
Little Bighorn... Sitting Bull... and George Armstrong Custer are names mythologized in the American imagination. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore the truth behind the legend of Custer’s Last Stand.
Guest: Nathaniel Philbrick, Writer and Historian. Author, "The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of Little Bighorn".
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6/11/2010
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
Time is all around us, helping to shape what happens in our everyday lives. Yet how time works, and why it appears to move in one direction... forward... remain provocative questions. After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest unravel the mysteries of Time.
Guest: SeanCarroll, Theoretical Physicist, California Institute of Technology (CalTech). Author, "From Here To Eternity: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time." (REBROADCAST 2/5/2010)
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6/11/2010
10:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
Food seems to be on everyone’s minds these days, from farming to food magazines... food TV to celebrity chefs. But how did we arrive at this modern obsession? After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest examine thirty key moments in American eating history, and how they ushered in the modern food scene.
Guest: Andrew Smith, Author, "Eating History: Thirty Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine" www.andrewfsmith.com (REBROADCAST from 1/15/2010)
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6/11/2010
10:00 PM
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Veronica Rueckert
Food seems to be on everyone’s minds these days, from farming to food magazines... food TV to celebrity chefs. But how did we arrive at this modern obsession? After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest examine thirty key moments in American eating history, and how they ushered in the modern food scene.
Guest: Andrew Smith, author, "Eating History: Thirty Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine" www.andrewfsmith.com (REBROADCAST from 1/15/2010)
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6/4/2010
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
Could viruses be a cause for cancer? That’s what evolutionary biologist Paul Ewald thinks. After ten, Veronica Rueckert's guest discusses his revolutionary views of disease.
Guest: Paul Ewald, Director, Evolutionary Medicine program, University of Louisville, Kentucky. Author, "Evolution of Infectious Disease" and "Plague Time: The New Germ Theory of Disease".
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6/4/2010
10:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
These days, it seems more and more people are raising chickens, keeping bees, growing vegetables, and sewing their own clothes. After ten, Veronica Rueckert’s guest talks about how do-it-yourself activities are essential to creating a richer, more meaningful life.
Guest: Mark Frauenfelder, Author, "Made By Hand: Searching for Meaning in a Throwaway World" Editor-in-chief, Make magazine. Co-founder, the tech/culture blog BoingBoing.
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6/4/2010
10:00 PM
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Veronica Rueckert
These days, it seems more and more people are raising chickens, keeping bees, growing vegetables, and sewing their own clothes. After ten, Veronica Rueckert’s guest talks about how do-it-yourself activities are essential to creating a richer, more meaningful life.
Guest: Mark Frauenfelder, Author, "Made By Hand: Searching for Meaning in a Throwaway World" Editor-in-chief, Make magazine. Co-founder, the tech/culture blog BoingBoing.
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5/28/2010
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
Many scientists are convinced the universe is teeming with life. But after fifty years of searching, we haven’t found anything yet. After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest talk about the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
Guest: Paul Davies, Physicist, Cosmologist, and Astrobiologist, Arizona State University. Chair, SETI Post-Detection Taskgroup. Author, The Eerie Silence: Renewing Our Search for Alien Intelligence.
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5/28/2010
10:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
Author Janet Burroway believes writing is "an enchanted and subversive activity that exempts you from life's rules". After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest talk about what she calls the "audacity of writing".
Guest: Janet Burroway, Professor Emerita, Florida State University. Author and writing teacher. Author, "Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft".
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5/28/2010
10:00 PM
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Veronica Rueckert
Author Janet Burroway believes writing is "an enchanted and subversive activity that exempts you from life's rules". After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest talk about what she calls the "audacity of writing".
Guest: Janet Burroway, Professor Emerita, Florida State University. Author and writing teacher. Author, "Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft".
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5/21/2010
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
What ever happened to "embarrassment?" After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore the differences between the universal emotions of embarrassment and shame... and the apparent shift in today's culture.
Guest: Christine Rosen, Senior Editor, “The New Atlantis: A Journal of Technology & Society.” Her article, “The Death of Embarrassment” (May issue, In Character).
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5/21/2010
10:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
She writes about subjects not often talked about in polite company... alcoholism, religion, and the troubles of motherhood. After ten, Veronica Rueckert talks with author Anne Lamott about her life, and her honesty in writing.
Guest: Anne Lamott, author including, "Operating Instructions," "Plan B," "Traveling Mercies".
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5/21/2010
10:00 PM
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Veronica Rueckert
She writes about subjects not often talked about in polite company... alcoholism, religion, and the troubles of motherhood. After ten, Veronica Rueckert talks with author Anne Lamott about her life, and her honesty in writing.
Guest: Anne Lamott, author including, "Operating Instructions," "Plan B," "Traveling Mercies".
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5/14/2010
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
Our daily lives seem like a random series of events... emailing, eating, driving to work. But what if our lives are not haphazard at all, but actually follow a pattern? After nine, Veronica Rueckert’s guest describes how everything we do happens in a series of predictable bursts.
Guest: Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, Director, Center for Network Science, Northeastern University. Author, "Bursts: The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do."
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5/14/2010
10:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
Eat them, wear them, write with them. Insects enrich our lives in countless, often unseen, ways. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore the surprising ways humans use and interact with insects.
Guest: Gilbert Waldbauer, author of "Fireflies, Honey, and Silk", is emeritus professor of Entomology at the University of Illinois. He’s the author of many books on insects, including "Insights from Insects, What Bad Bugs Can Teach Us", "The Handy Bug Answer Book", and "A Walk Around the Pond: Insects in and Over the Water".
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5/14/2010
10:00 PM
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Veronica Rueckert
Eat them, wear them, write with them. Insects enrich our lives in countless, often unseen, ways. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore the surprising ways humans use and interact with insects.
Guest: Gilbert Waldbauer, author of "Fireflies, Honey, and Silk", is emeritus professor of Entomology at the University of Illinois. He’s the author of many books on insects, including "Insights from Insects, What Bad Bugs Can Teach Us", "The Handy Bug Answer Book", and "A Walk Around the Pond: Insects in and Over the Water".
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Friday
5/7/2010
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
Schools across the nation are teaching students how to create a greener, more sustainable society. After nine, Veronica Rueckert and her guests discuss the growing Green school movement.
Guests:
- Michael Stone, Senior Editor, Center for Ecoliteracy. Author, Smart by Nature: Schooling for Sustainability.
- Mary Ellen Gabriel, Freelance Writer. Author, “Environment Education Push Gains Traction” in the Capital Times.
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5/7/2010
10:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
He's written more than sixty books... from thick legal tomes... to children’s books. But he’s best known for the "No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency" series. After ten, Veronica Rueckert talks with author Alexander McCall Smith about his prolific writing life.
Guest: Alexander McCall Smith, Author, "The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency" series.
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5/7/2010
10:00 PM
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Veronica Rueckert
He's written more than sixty books... from thick legal tomes... to children’s books. But he’s best known for the "No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency" series. After ten, Veronica Rueckert talks with author Alexander McCall Smith about his prolific writing life.
Guest: Alexander McCall Smith, Author, "The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency" series.
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Friday
4/30/2010
9:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
Veronica Rueckert's guest, after nine, blogs about language for The New York Times. It's described as "a repository of unconsidered lexicographical trifles... some serious, others frivolous, some neologized, others newly newsworthy."
Guest: Ben Schott, Blogger, "Schott's Vocab: A Miscellany of Modern Words and Phrases" http://schott.blogs.nytimes.com/ .
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4/30/2010
10:00 AM
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Veronica Rueckert
Forty million Americans suffer from some form of clinical anxiety. After ten, Veronica Rueckert and her guest explore what it is about our culture that’s making us all so anxious.
Guest: Patricia Pearson, author of "A Brief History of Anxiety (Yours and Mine)", is an award-winning author. She has won two National Magazine Awards, a National Author’s Award, and the Arthur Ellis Award for Best True Crime Book for "When She Was Bad." She’s written two novels as well as a collection of essays.
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